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THOMAS MCMULLIN, IRA N. MENDENHALL, AND MILES MENDEN- HALL, JR., O1"OSGOOD, INDIANA.

Letters .Patent No. 89,325, dated Apr/il 27, 1869.

WASH-Bomen The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of theA same.

To all whom 'it 'ma/y concern'.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS MCMULLIN, IRA N. MENDENHALL, and MILESMENDEXHALL, Jr. of 0sgood, in the county of Ripley, andState of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Washer; andwe do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had' to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure l represents a perspective ofone side, with the ends removed;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the other side;

Figure 3 is a perspective of one of the ends; and

Figure 4, a side elevation of our device for washboiler.

Similar lettersA indicate like parts in all the gures.

Our device relates to a device for covering to be used in connectionwith a common wash-boiler, whereby clothing may be thoroughly cleansedsimply by the action of the water, when boiling.

rIhe peculiarities of our invention consist in con- 4 structing the saiddevice or covering in sections, ar-

ranged to operate substantially as hereinafter set forth.

'lo enable others skilled inthe art to which our in'- ventionappertaius, to make and use the same, we will now describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- A A represent pieces of metal, bent atright angies, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2. Said pieces of lnetal aredesigned for the top of our device, and may be about two-thirds thelength of an ordinary stove-boiler.

The part A is provided atits centre with th'e npght tube C, whichterminiates at the upper end in two spouts b b.

It will be observed that the ends of the top portion of section A areturned over, so as to admit of receiving A', sliding beneath them. Thisfeature is shown at :n z, iig. l.

It will also be seen that section A is provided with a recess, or slot,(l, sutliciently large to receive the tube G.

I) represents a wire lid placed over the tube G, as seen in figs. l and4.

E is a spiral spring, and b', a movable ring, both encircling the tubeC, as fully shown in fig. 4.

The object of this arrangement will be 'made apparent presently.

B B represent the end pieces of our boiler-cover. We make said pieces intwo parts, one overlapping the other, and pivoted together near theirouter end, so as to allow ofthe parts being contracted or expanded,

together.

We provideone of them with a scmicircular slot, y, while the other hasan incision made at its inner end, and the tongue thus formed is bentdown and under the slot g.

The lower and inner sides of sections A A' are bent upward, so as toform a groove for the ends B B to slide into.

This feature is partially shown at letter h, fig. 2.

a e a represent apertures in top of sections A A' and end pieces B B.

The operation of our invention is as follows:

Having previously prepared thesuds in the boiler, our cover is soadjusted as to snit the size of said boiler. The clothing is now placedbetween the wire frame D and the covering, the spiral spring and movableri'ng serving to keep a pressure on the clothing, and thus prevent themfrom being displaced. As the water boils it will ascend through the tubeC, and be emptied over the clothing, by means of the spouts b b,returning to the boiler through the holes a a a., and up again, throughthe tube C, upon the clothing, and so on until the clothing has beenthoroughly washed.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wire frame D, in combination with the spiral spring E and movablering b', arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. Au adjustable false bottom for any wash-boiler, consisting of theinet-al pieces A A and end pieces B B, in combination with wire frame D,spiral spring E, movable "ing b, and tube C, provided with spouts b b,arranged and operating substantially inv the manner and for the pur-posedescribed.

own, we atlix our signature in presence of two witnesses.-

-in order more eilectually to bind and hold the parts In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as our

